Category Archives: Office Organizing

Once you’ve signed off on your tax returns, there are some tweaks you should make to your filing system to keep things current: It’s important to keep your most current tax return in your file system for easy access in case you need it for anything. You should still have your 2015 return handy, so…

Along with all the planning ahead that the new year brings, it also requires the buttoning up of last year’s finances and taxes. If you were organized, getting all documentation together for tax purposes shouldn’t be a problem. If, however, you had a little chaos happening, gathering your tax documents might be a big chore….

Do you have a never ending stream of magazines making their way into your space causing clutter and chaos? It’s so easy to subscribe and find new magazines and articles you’d like to read, but how do you manage the continuous organization of it all? Do you have a system for keeping track of, not only…

Paper is the number one culprit of clutter, it piles up very quickly, so having good systems in place to control incoming paper is vital. Listed below are some sources of paper clutter with solutions on how to keep things under control. Mail The mail is a never ending stream of incoming clutter. Having a good…

At Chaos To Order we spend a good amount of time helping people organize papers, files and photos. What you may not know is that more and more we are helping people organize those papers, files and photos–digitally. Our computers, phones and tablets have become overwhelmed with the same type of clutter that breeds on…

Overwhelmed by paper clutter? Digitizing documents has never been easier in the office or at home. The Fujitsu Scansnap is a great tool to help eliminate paper pile up anywhere. I love my ScanSnap iX500. It’s so easy to scan right into a document, email, photo, or even wirelessly onto a mobile device! It can scan up to…

How we utilize what we have can truly make a difference in our pursuit of helping the environment. When you think about your stuff—what you buy, how you use things, why you keep what you keep, etc. it enables you to take an honest look at how you’re doing your part to reduce, reuse, recycle…

Today, in honor of Tax day, Staples is offering free document shredding up to 5 lbs. Its a great way to get old documents safely out of the way to make room for more current papers. Remember, when archiving, labeling and dating those boxes is very important, but it’s also important to make sure they…

Chaos To Order was quoted in this terrific article from Staples By Margot Carmichael Lester, Staples® Contributing Writer With all the other things small business owners and entrepreneurs have on their plates, it can be hard to put cleaning and organization on the list of priorities. But these aren’t just “nice-to-haves.” An orderly and tidy workplace improves productivity, boosts morale…

Here’s a good article from Evernote on keeping your documents virtually organized. 🙂 Tax season is in full swing and we see our clients scrambling to get everything in order for the tax man. Here is a terrific article with some great ideas on how to keep your tax documents organized using Evernote. Posted by…